Craig Higginson's first three plays for adult audiences โ collected here in one volume for the first time โ represent one of the strongest debuts in the history of South African theatre. Although each can be seen as a variation on the theme of the post-apartheid state of the nation play, they are al
The Woods, Lakeboat, Edmond Three Plays
โ Scribed by David Mamet
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic;Grove Press;Grove/Atlantic, Inc
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0802191452
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โฆ Synopsis
The Woods, described by the Chicago Daily News as a __ "beautifully conceived love story," is a modern dramatic parable in which a young man and woman who spend a night in his family's cabin experience passion, then disillusionment, but are in the end reconciled by mutual need.
In Lakeboat, eight crew members aboard a merchant ship exchange their wild fantasies about sex, gambling, and violence.
In Edmond, a man set morally adrift leaves an __ unfulfilling marriage to find sex, adventure, companionship, and, ultimately, the meaning of his existence.
Of The Woods, Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote that Mamet's "language has never been so precise, pure, and affecting."
Michael Feingold in The Village Voice praised Lakeboat for its "richly overheard talk and its loopy, funny construction."
Jack Kroll of Newsweek called Edmond "a riveting theatrical experience...
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